China News Service, Kunming, January 19th (Miao Chao, Huang Zaiyun and Zhang Weiming) Chinese Peking Opera, Hanfu dance, tea art performance, writing Spring Festival couplets to send blessings, Lao music, Thai dance... On the 19th, the China-Laos Railway C272 at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour On the train, a China-Laos Railway "Train Spring Festival Gala" was held with the theme of "Chinese-Lao Family Family, Harmonious Chinese New Year".

　　Starting from Kunming, China in the north, and connecting to Vientiane, Laos in the south, the 1,035-kilometer China-Laos Railway is a landmark project of the “Belt and Road Initiative”. It has been in operation for more than a year, and its influence has spilled over to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and many other countries and regions , the driving effect of regional interconnection and common development is obvious, and the business and people's livelihood along the route have benefited a lot.

The picture shows the actors interacting with the little passengers.

Photo by Li Jiaxian

　　The "Train Spring Festival Gala" started at 10 o'clock that day. As the music "Let Me Understand Your Language" sounded, Chinese Dai girls in national costumes danced in Yibofeng, and the train compartment suddenly became lively.

Yibofeng is from Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, and once studied in Laos.

After returning to China, she became a train conductor on the China-Laos Railway. "I have been improving myself, serving passengers well, and being a good ambassador of China-Laos friendship."

　　Just after Yibofeng's dance was over, young actors from the Yunnan Provincial Peking Opera Theater came on stage and sang an excerpt from "The Drunken Concubine", "The ice wheel on the island is just turning, see the jade rabbit, and the jade rabbit has risen to the east early." With a subtle singing voice and a graceful appearance, It won rounds of applause from the passengers.

The picture shows the actors performing excerpts from "The Drunken Concubine" on the train.

Photo by Li Jiaxian

　　"When the Spring Festival comes, we put Peking Opera, the quintessence of China, on the trains of the China-Laos Railway, in order to let the people of China, Laos and Thailand perceive the unique charm of China's excellent traditional culture." said Zhang Wenqi, a young actor from the Yunnan Provincial Peking Opera Company.

　　After the Beijing opera, the Lao music was sung.

Li Lingmei and Chen Shangde, Laotian railway teachers who traveled from Kunming to Xishuangbanna for research on train C272, accompanied the melodious Lao music, and led the passengers to dance Lao dance together.

Chen Shangde told the reporter, "We are studying railway knowledge at the Kunming Railway Vocational and Technical College. After returning to China, we will become teachers of the Laos Railway Vocational and Technical College. We will train more railway talents for Laos and maintain and operate the Laos-China Railway well. Develop and build the Laos-China Railway well.”

　　"It is very warm to experience the taste of Chinese New Year on the China-Laos railway train!" Thai traveler Chen Mujun excitedly joined the party interaction, teaching Thai dance to the passengers on the spot, "I am very much looking forward to the early completion of the Thailand-China Railway The old railway is connected, so that our country can better integrate into regional development, and there will be more economic and cultural exchanges between Thailand and China.”

The picture shows a joint photo taken by passengers and conductors.

Photo by Li Jiaxian

　　The relationship between countries lies in the mutual affinity between the people, and the friendship between the people lies in the mutual understanding of the hearts.

Every program of the China-Laos Railway "Train Spring Festival Gala" brings special joy to passengers from China, Laos and Thailand, and there are bursts of laughter in the carriages from time to time.

　　It is reported that since the Spring Festival travel this year, the passenger flow of the China section of the China-Laos Railway has increased sharply. The passengers are mainly visiting relatives, tourists and students. 37,000 passengers were sent, with 35 pairs during the peak period, and 44,000 passengers were sent every day, which effectively met the travel needs of passengers.

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